at lunch marty ten pm moscow time russia in the e.u. should be partners by choice not through necessity that's the view of the european union as it outlines its vision for relations between the two derivative of putin's first trip to proselyte since returning to the present state. which has already. a million documents being paid to be released julian assange promises no country in the world remain unaffected by the new wiki leaks revelations we've got planned for twenty thirty we follow that up tonight. and russia's lower house of parliament approves a law banning americans from adopting russian children in retaliation for america's

so-called magnitsky act. hello and a very good evening to if you just joined us it's kevin owen here at the new center tonight and first russian cooperation should be defined by choice and not forced by necessity that so europe sees future ties with russia it's the view echoed by president putin he's in brussels for talks with the blocs leaders for the first time since his return to the kremlin. a lot of speculation happened before the summit that this will be a meeting of confrontation rather than corporation but it actually turned out absolutely the opposite scenario all these speakers. started off by saying that the trade turnover between the e.u. and russia has grown significantly now it's exceeding three hundred billion euros

a year and this is a good sign but both sides expressed their willingness to make it a corporation by choice not by necessity our relation as a huge potential that can still be explored as we have proposed to president putin we should drill for an interdependent spend their society into an interdependent space shows but clearly the biggest contradictions still remain in the issues of the energy supplies from russia to the european continent i'd like to remind our viewers that the e.u. still has a certain accusations and certainly has some things they say about gazprom wanting them to allow the access to the governmental access to their pipelines in europe while gas from certainly says this may not happen but today we've heard a lot of statements from both the european union leaders and putin on that issue in particular. saying that russia is not against all these kind of regulations but the

only problem is that the two thousand and nine legislation made by europe in terms of the monopoly on the gas pipes now concerns the deals which had been struck before that and the russian president described that as completely uncivilized still hoping that the sides will be managed will manage to find some sort of compromise or during the press conference the energy issue took the majority of the of the time from the speakers and in the end of the press conference was even humorous about the very rather long reply by mr barroso. my friend of many years mr barroso has been explaining his position on gas prices for so long. so you can see realizes that he's wrong just read our cooperation agreement with. gas prices is dictated by markets not by the government it is even actually definitely the energy sector is very important and certainly dominated the talks but of course size they also talked about the visa free travel for e.u.

citizens and russians saying that this is a possibility in the very near east future and also touching upon the geopolitical issues such as the syrian conflict where the argument we can certainly reiterated russia's stance that this has to be dealt with behind the negotiations table not by the violence not by a military conflict and there seem to be lots of understanding between the e.o.p. and leaders and reporting on that the conflict in syria is also being raised by russia's foreign minister to an exclusive interview gave to us in so he believes nato is recent decision to deploy patric missiles on the turkish border may not just be designed to protect against drugs from syrian territories suggests that there are indications the systems could be useful against iran now while talking about possible regime change meantime in syria the foreign minister insisted that russia will play nope. not in the business of regime change. some of the. regional players were suggesting to us why don't you

tell president to leave we will arrange for. a safe haven for. my answer is very simple if indeed those who suggest the stores have this in mind they should take it directly to president that's why shelby use us as postman. if president of this is interested this must be discussed directly with scheme. now the really big stories today june of sarge is promising wiki leaks is set to release more than a million secret files over the next year in publications that will affect every country in the world the whistleblower gave a christmas address from the ecuadorian embassy in london ways but ensconced for the last half a year in what was his first public appearance since august nazis lloris most teams that are watching the world's media and a lot of supporters have come out for him this evening also holding a candlelight vigil he called the crowd when he came out a sight for sore eyes and then he marked his six months at the embassy by talking

about it staying inside the building and it's become his home and he's off base thanks to the principles of ecuador it is equal to you had taken him in and then he said that he is able to communicate to the people here unlike two hundred thirty two journalists who are currently in jail all over the world he named a few of them and he also spoke with bradley manning who have roots is accused of leaking documents to wiki leaks and he said he saluted journalists and others to stand up to repression let's listen in to what he's got to say people often ask what can i do. the answer is not so difficult to learn how the world works challenge the statements and intentions of those who seek to control us behind. democracy and more nikky unite in common purpose and common principle to design documents. in loon. act now

two thousand and twelve. for which he has written a book you'll see made a show and wiki leaks has continued to release documents but it seems that two thousand and thirteen will be no team have prepared a million documents which they promised to release with information that he says relates to every single governments around the world and he also reiterated his plans to run for the australian senate so the message here is he might be cooked up inside the at the syrian embassy but he's certainly not resting on his laurels we. can tell you we've got a full christmas message streaming on our website if you want to check it out you can also get more on the top level exposures he's planning as well.

news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule the day. the russian parliament passed a bill targeting americans accused of abusing the human rights of russians abroad but also bans americans from adopting russian children the move comes in response to the u.s. so-called magnitsky act and it's caused a lot of controversy the actor in russia lindsay from says more on the on going to . the most divisive part of this bill is definitely the provision talking about adoption of russian children by american families it was approved overwhelmingly by the duma four hundred twenty four she's just seven and it's been opposed by the education ministry and human rights activists citing that many of these

children that do get adopted by american families with disabilities and they're given a better life in another country a bill bakker's happen unhappy for some time about the adoption process that takes place between russia and the united states nineteen children have died at the hands of their u.s. adoptive parents and the last several years and a moscow has wanted to be more involved in securing the human rights of children that do head overseas with those families this russian bill is in response to so-called magnitsky act adopted in the u.s. now this all began when that lawyer sergei magnitsky died in pretrial detention here in moscow in november of two thousand and nine he had accused russian officials of major to. x. fraud and died in jail while under investigation for investments u.s. lawmakers have wanted to hold responsible the people who it thinks may have been

responsible for his death by freezing assets and revoking visas moscow has seen this is a very anti russian piece of legislation so this bill is in response to that it will not only freeze assets and revoke visas of americans that it feels has violated the human rights of russians it will also now bad the adoption of russia's children over to the united states that the next step for this it's got to pass the upper chamber of the russian parliament and then it's got to go for a signature by the president. this winter friends growing racism violent nationalism an abuse of rights of minorities and prisoners these are just some of the things that russia is accusing the european union of highlighting a decline in liberties a stinging report focusing on the e.u. also points to an abuse of power in dispersing street demonstrations constant in the goal of the foreign ministries commissioner for human rights told us why more

scope is decided to target you. why the european union because the european union positions and most of its members position themselves as. works of democracy as certain yardsticks by which the international community absolutely must measure its own record records in the field of human rights and nobody disputes by the way the fact that european union has the european quite a number of its members not all but quite a number of its members develop democracies but what we see is there despite those effects there are some other effects there are very serious challenges and problems in the european union and the in each and every or its member countries in the field of human rights.

and we invite you to watch the full interview with the russian foreign ministry commission for human rights in about thirty minutes again here on r.t. tonight so heavy as well this hour yemen's president attempts to break away from the political heritage of the country's ousted leader with washington increased interest term affairs of the gulf state we examine why that may be very shortly. under god these men and women are walking one of the longest and probably the loneliest road in the world they reenacting march into exile made by thousands of czarist russia. if i was here three hundred years ago i may have disappeared my

local lord i may have deserted from the army or a variety of other crimes the result was the same what my fellow prisoners around me i've got a long and very cold walk ahead into exile in siberia yet it took them years to get there summers and winters entire years a lot of people died on the way this group in the western siberian region of omsk discovered they're living on the only surviving stretch of the original nine thousand kilometers of the siberian exiles track that's had no modern changes made to it here guinea discovered that he's descended from some of these exiles and decided to build a museum telling their story he and his re-enact has now received his daughters from all over the world to show them what it was like well these are you going to it's scary to put the shackles on of course but it's interesting if we don't remember our history we will have no future we want is a monument to one of the czarist russia cruellest chapters. the city serves as the

capital of anticommunist white russian leader admiral culture shock in the civil war from one thousand nine hundred to nine hundred ninety whilst in residence he lived here though the study of the man like the maintenance of this building has remained a taboo right up until the present day or we still receive hate mail saying that he hanged a lot of people and was famous for severe punishment it's all true but it was at a time of civil war both sides were monstrously cruel it is sadly the theme of cruelty which links so much of our history to the rest of russia's particularly of exile where they were an apple or a criminal. mission to free credit taishan free. for free. free. free. free.

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is urging britain to state within the e.u. washington believes that any slide towards the exit door would reduce his influence in the region because the u.k. is of course a close ally of america and with david cameron saying that it is imaginable that the u.k. could leave the e.u. america could have some cause for concern the robot elves in london he's a political analyst at sea with going to happen maybe but hi there just how crucial is britain's presence within the e.u. for america's national interest these days. well i think the most important thing is britain's national interest and britain remains within the u. we can't manage our economy fully as we like we can't manage even our own foreign policy as much as we'd want because often there has to be a common e.u. position so really good an exiting the european union would allow britain to put its national interest first which is the most important thing for this country so that we can have a government who can fully respond to its citizens needs you are than having to go

to brussels first before deciding what it's going to do ok before i go back to the american stand what america may or may not want the original question will britain's position be swayed by america's stance i don't think so i think the people in britain really will make their own mind up about a future we don't need what to don't need to be told what to do by someone from another country be that the united states or or all the president of the european commission for that matter really president obama needs to understand is that the european union is actually damaging for europe it's actually undermining the economy different member states many member states are suffering a very harshly as a result of these economic policies policies which he has far believe objectives and he wouldn't like to be told how to manage his economy by an unaccountable bureaucracy like other countries in europe do countries in the eurozone are being told how to manage their own affairs having to act in fact have all think over time forced upon them and that's something a policy that he's actually thought of elite rejected so really he needs to perhaps

learn a little bit more about the undemocratic nature of the european union before commenting yeah actually it seems that roughly half of britain's population would now a party like to leave the e.u. that number appears to be growing as well and we should think the united states take that into account. they they should the united states is a democracy and britain should be allowed to become a democracy again while other than having a situation where e.u. law takes precedence over laws made within britain's own parliament so the united states really does need to look at the european union for action recognise that it's not what it originally wanted its course it did hope that the european union would be good for you have but of course the evidence was turned out opposite so do not have states does have a policy of supporting the you that's been american policy since the nineteen sixty's kennedy persuaded macmillan to join us and other american presidents have

always be in favor of the european union but it's time that they recognize that the european union is actually bad for its citizens and bad for economic growth around the world and its policies are simply not working there's a school of thought robert from some critics that the the us is keen to keep britain within the e.u. simply because only having one so-called member to dial makes life a lot easier any mileage in that i i don't think so i think the international relations are very complex and the e.u. of course doesn't really have that greater influence on the world stage because it is a declining block it seek an economy is in decline and the focus for america should be concentrating more on china which is which is still a growing economy in southeast asia that's perhaps where the future lies because of course the european union is course actually put on that within the continent particularly the southern states in the euro zone that you have doesn't really have

that much influence anymore and we can see our other kind of doing very well the european union is of course continue to suffer so you don't agree then with the obama administration they view the e.u. as a force multiplier as they put it. art argue that it's diluting britain's independent voice in the world it did to me it creates a situation creates a situation where britain before adopting a foreign policy position has to get that approved by other countries. around the around europe and have has to have agreement that it's not good for the united kingdom i think the united kingdom should have an independent voice in the world where british people can get a government to do what it wants farther than having to be told what to do be that by the united states or course by the european union so an independent voice for britain i think a good job would be a very good outcome in the future and at the moment the common security policy of the e.u. really. miss clicks britain's freedom of action live from london robert oulds their

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yemen is in for a defense shake up as its u.s. backed president tries to break away from the legacy of the country's ousted leader the former president stepped down following mass protests almost a year ago under a power transfer brokered by washington and the country's gulf neighbors r.t. is going to know explores why the u.s. is so engaged in yemen's internal affairs these days. as washington continues to make a moral case for its covert wars on terror yemen is presented as a place that is full of terry getting ready to attack america but very few think of yemen as a chokepoint the vast economic interest yemen is the poorest country in the middle the book it's sitting on one of the most important trade routes in the wall the bubble mend up straight most people have heard about the southwest canal well of course we almost broke out over the canal right that's how important it is but bob

amanda doesn't instantly ring the bell although it's basically an extension of the suez canal and is of similar strategic importance almost all of europe's trade with china japan india and the rest of asia passes for babel manned up every day that's how important it is some argue that washington sees terrorism in yemen as a problem in the sense that it could have an adverse impact on economic interests to say the united states wouldn't be engaged in such a conflict in yemen if it didn't hold very specific geo political and strategic necessity for the u.s. i think most importantly for access to this awful month strait which is one of the highest trafficked waterways in the world. the u.s. already has a vast military presence in the persian gulf to secure key oil shipping lanes under the banner of chasing terrorists the u.s. is setting up new drone bases on the arabian peninsula including one in djibouti which is on the other side of the strait of babel and that the arrangement that the

united states government has with the yemeni government is basically one of bribery we bribe them with money and weapons and in exchange we get to bomb their country with impunity. but it may be a dangerous proposition for the yemeni government because of the offer or this crisis caused among the population. i mean i don't know so much in america it's going on display sexual said. the people they were in a senate they did not deserve to die the wanted so late to go we were protesting the year for it to happen he left them what we have now of americans are coming to our land to kill us the journalist who shot these images of a two thousand and nine drone strike in yemen that killed fourteen women and twenty one children is now in jail abdul a high to shine was accused of aiding terror it was about children but the yemeni government reverse this decision after a call from the white house. because of the secrecy surrounding the program there

was no way of knowing when the administration is out of target and some fear washington might continue the bombing to maintain controlling the waging the challenge here is something similar to what happened in. former yugoslavia when when they were looking for targets to bomb serbia prior to the dayton accords and the military. planners came to to richard holbrooke and they said well you know honestly we've run out of targets we've bombed everything and he's in holbrooke so we have to keep this bombing up and they said well before we've already hit the star you said bomb them again find secondary targets because they needed to keep up the pressure now my fear is that in order to keep up the pressure on al qaeda or its associated organization the united states will explain you know its definition of who is a legitimate target washington is helping the current yemeni government in order for it not to fail and to be friendly to the us friendly enough to allow the u.s.

to bomb them as washington sees fit and friendly enough not to mess with this vital trade route but historically that kind of a prop by the united states is often led to alienating much of the local population that sooner or later gets the sense that their government is serving its own interests and the interests of those thousands of miles away in washington i'm going to check in. with the top news stories of. denied dozens of people have been injured in clashes in egypt's second largest city soundarya police fired tear gas at opposing crowds as protesters demonstrated for and against president morsi the violence comes as egypt prepares for a second round of voting on the controversial draft constitution but show jewels for tomorrow saturday it's already divided the country of course opponents of the document say it will lead to an islamist state we're following that closely of the next twenty four forty eight hours for you. a u.s. staff sergeant who was caught on camera urinating on dead taliban fighters in afghanistan has been demoted and fined five hundred dollars joseph chamblin was

also found guilty of dereliction of duty by failing to report misconduct by junior marines an initial punishment of thirty days in jail and a two thousand dollars fine was reduced after the marine pleaded guilty and agreed to plea bargain with the court martial. a us citizen arrested in north korea for unspecified crimes state media says by journo entered the country last month as a tourist officials say there's evidence proving that he committed a crime against the state management diplomats from the swedish embassy suite represents u.s. interests in north korea because of a lack of diplomatic ties between washington and pyongyang. to become one of the world's industrial titans you need a workforce that's ready for anything but grim statistics in the heart of europe show millions of adults are being left behind because they've got trouble reading and writing these artes peter all of. germany and engineering giant a footballing colossus

a nation at the very forefront of modern european civilization and this. when i was younger and my friends asked if i wanted to play football i was avoiding it even though i wanted to i was afraid that i might have to read something and that would reveal my problem that i couldn't read or write properly statistics from the ministry of education suggest around seven and a half million germans are functionally illiterate that means that they can read or write single sentences but nothing more complex than that tim taylor fellner left school without the skills needed to get by in the world he turned to adult education and now works to help others everybody on the toughest part he says is getting people to confront their literacy. there are plenty of people realize that they have problems you notice that in yourself you try to hide it many are in denial they think they're ok and they're able to keep it covered up you're always

making excuses not the closet or tim says large class sizes coupled with parents too busy at work to spend time reading at home has allowed some kids to slip through the cracks also when the radar's an estimated three hundred thousand adults cannot read or write at all the government is running programs to try and tackle this but the numbers and rolling and courses is a drop in the ocean compared to the millions affected. and no one should leave school without the minimum required skills to function as a member of society this is a major issue and something we hope not only able to make sure doesn't happen in the future like you also help those who have problems now one program that is looking to help functionally illiterate adults in and around the city of cologne has got employers and solved. from small local businesses to huge manufacturing giants they've agreed to give staff with literacy problems flexible.